Antler Watch! Who is seeing that velvet dropping?

[Mayfly]

Starting to hear rumors of "hard horns". My first shed buck showed up on August 23rd last year. Anyone see anything yet?



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[bonecollecter82]

Oh fine jeez I will go check the cameras!!!!

[Mayfly]

Oh fine jeez I will go check the cameras!!!!

Please do! I'm not checking until the 7th or 8th....

Let us know 

[Cody Gruchow]

well i am checking the cam this friday so ill let you know, but the other cam i checked last thursday had one buck on it and he still had his velvet on. i may put the cameras out in full force to see if i can get some with the hanging velvet...i think those are the coolest pictures

[bonecollecter82]

I agree cody those are the best pictures. Well I am no help all I got was velvet. By the looks of it it will be any time though.

[MTCOMMER]

All I have seen down here in Winona are bucks with the velvet still on.

bone- I see the time stamp in the buck picture is 7pm.  Not too nocturnal now I suppose, maybe you will get a chance at him during the season (Looks like a nice one).  You have many other bucks running around when you have been checking the cameras?

[bonecollecter82]

Oh yes plenty of decent to good bucks this year. I been getting a few during the day but most of the picks are after dark. What surprises is I have only seen one little buck all summer. I am sure there around but its wierd if you ask me. You think there could be to much domance with the other bucks that they are just not here???

[MTCOMMER]

I dont think dominance would run the bucks out - usually they can tolerate eachother until it comes to the rut, then the dominant buck could chase the smaller ones out, but they usually come back. 
The bucks have really have no reason to be out during the day, except to eat (which they would usually do at night).  I would say its just coincidence that you havent seen them, if you have pictures of them coming through, they will be around during hunting season as long as there are lots of does and food!

[bonecollecter82]

Thats about what I was tink to. just thought it was odd that I am only seeing one small buck on five camera I got out. The rest of the bucks are very nice deer maybe not all shooters but there better then average

[Misky]

Well I just seen a young fork or 6 and he was all bone.

[bonecollecter82]

Cant tell for sure but very well could be velvet free


You can tell the one still has it but does the one on the left??

[Cody Gruchow]

velvet still on this guy...what do you think let him walk this year or cull him? because his lack of brow tines or G1's

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[dakids]

Let him grow.  Its prety hard to change genetics in an area.  You would also need to shoot his mother, grandmother and so on.

[deadeye]

Cody, you don't have a chance with this one.  He's already taunting you by sticking out his tonge at you!

[Mayfly]

Let him grow.  Its prety hard to change genetics in an area.  You would also need to shoot his mother, grandmother and so on.

Current Studies are now saying that the doe is offering more to a bucks antlers than the actual Bucks. I toured and interviewed a deer farmer last year and he showed me his two prized does. Said he would get rid of all his bucks before her.

[Mayfly]

Cant tell for sure but very well could be velvet free


You can tell the one still has it but does the one on the left??

There's no velvet on him.

Saw two velvet shed bucks tonight in SW Minnesota. Actually one was on a cam from a last night and then we saw a bachelor group of 4 tonight and when the biggest one ran his velvet was flopping all around! Cool sight to see!

[HUNTER2]

Just about all my bucks have left. Mostly does and fawns. I think they are hiding in the corn. Here is one that is still around.

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[Cody Gruchow]

well i put out another trophy rock and replanted a much larger no plow food plot with the camera over it, to keep track of atleast that one tall wide 6 point, to see when he loses the velvet

[mnnate]

Over the past week the ones I've had on camera have lost their velvet. The fawns are starting to lose spots as well. I have recently learned as well that I have a bachelor group with 3 studs!

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